Clinical Coordinator RN; CMMC

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• Staff Full Time - Full Year 1

• Lewiston, ME 1

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• Hourly 1
• Campus Life 1

Apply now Job no: 492486
Work type: Staff Full Time - Full Year, Staff Per Diem
Location: Lewiston, ME
Categories: Hourly, Campus Life

Position Purpose:

Central Maine Healthcare and Bates College have a partnership to support students’ medical needs at Bates Health Services. Be a Central Maine employee, working on the beautiful Bates College campus during the academic year. Information about the position is below. To be considered, please apply here . You can read about Bates Health Services here .

Job Duties:

Position Summary: Provides oversight, coordination and clinical leadership to specific nursing department by demonstrating research-based and demonstrated best practices in clinical and leadership skills in providing patient care. The Clinical Coordinator is a member of the CMMC Nursing Leadership Team and serves as a leadership representative with commensurate authority in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities: Demonstrates Competency in the Following Areas:

• Demonstrates knowledge or research utilization, evidenced-based practice, and best practice recommendations, and facilitating the application of these in the care delivery model.
• Maintains a collaborative working relationship both within the department and with other departments on patient care and performance improvement activities.
• Facilitates all admissions, transfers, and discharges. Communicates census fluctuations to the Nursing Supervisor as necessary.
• Actively integrates new staff into the unit culture. Reviews orientation tools with staff and meets with them weekly.
• Monitors the acuity of patient conditions. Triages and directs patient flow to assure prompt high quality nursing care.
• Makes self-available to Providers and his or her associate in the absence of the patient’s primary nurse and/or care coordinator.
• Reviews and adjusts staffing based on an assessment of needs of the on-coming shift. Assigns, leads, and delegates staff on respective shift according to staff competency to meet patient needs and the priorities of the department.
• Demonstrates knowledge of positive interpersonal relationships and acts as a resource for staff in regards to conflict resolution, resources, and patient care management.
• Maintains suitable equipment and supply inventories, in collaboration with manager for replacements, repairs and new purchases.
• Directs all safety measures to prevent accidents, harm or injury in any way to patients, staff, or equipment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of safety manual content.
• Oversees maintenance of unit manuals and education resources.
• Anticipates current and future staffing needs and oversees scheduling as directed by the manager, communicating issues and needs to the manager as appropriate. Is responsible for home care needs being met by the time of discharge, with a goal of arrangements completed 24 hours prior to discharge when date of discharge is known.
• Provides an atmosphere in which staff can express tensions, conflicts, concerns and problems. Acts on performance improvement issues identifies during CQI meetings.
  
  Attends CMOS education when available. Incorporate standard work into daily routine.
• Promotes customer satisfaction in collaboration with assigned RN, and recovery of customer dissatisfaction. Cooperates with Case Manager’s activities with insurance company, based on information received.
• Demonstrates and ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations. Maintains and respects confidentiality of patient/physician/personnel information.
• Able to be flexible in scheduling and role expectations to best meet patient, departmental, hospital and customer needs. Collaborates with the Business Office Manager and onsite eligibility worker, where patients require such assistance or in the case of transfers to the county hospital.
• Participates in unit operational activities as delegated by the…